1st South Carolina Volunteers

The 1st South Carolina Volunteers was an all-black infantry regiment of the US Army that existed from 31 January 1863 to 8 February 1864. The regiment was composed of escaped slaves from South Carolina and Florida, and it was commanded by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a famous abolitionist. In 1864, the regiment became the 33rd US Colored Infantry Regiment.